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All the passion, drama, and beauty of tennis is captured in this most up-to-date comprehensive history – from its early beginnings as a sport, the greatest matches ever played, to its global star players and personalities of present day. This volume is a...

Capture the hits and misses of your latest pickleball match in style with this perfect match tracker for picklers everywhere.Whether you are working on your dink or fine tuning your lobs, Pickleball: Match Tracker is a logbook made for helping you become...

In Unbelievable Underdogs and Rebellious Role Models, James Stafford takes readers on an emotional roller coaster through some of the greatest upsets and shocks in the history of world sport.It features incredible true tales of athletes who have overcome...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice MarbleIn August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred...

One of the world' s most well-known and respected athletes, Roger Federer has had a career that ranks among the most celebrated and successful in all of tennis history. This entertaining and illuminating chronicle of Federer' s trophy-laden journey is...

I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the...

Shortlisted for the2023SportsBookAwardsfor Best Sports Writing of the YearThe British, who are rightly proud of their sporting traditions, are now having to come to terms with the dark, unacknowledged, past of racism in sport until now the truth that...

Ren Stauffer has been closely covering Roger Federer's career for nearly 25 years. In this comprehensive biography, Stauffer talks at length to the man himself, his family, friends, coaches and rivals to paint an unrivalled picture of the greatest male...

Wimbledon 2022 - The Official Story of The Championships is the comprehensive, entertaining and beautifully illustrated re-telling of a spell-binding fortnight of tennis at the All England Club.Since 1984 the official 'annual' has...

Master coach Rick Macci shares his secrets to success both on and off the tennis court in this much-anticipated first book. Through anecdotes and more than 100 sayings that exemplify his teaching philosophy, this inspirational manual helps pave the way...

In It's Not My Fault, author Joshua Shifrin helps tennis players make sense of their most monumental losses on the court. The next time a player goes down in defeat, he or she can always explain the woeful loss with "My opponent was a pusher . . . I...

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the top-ranked tennis players today, with multiple Grand Slams to their credit. But how do today's champions compare with those of earlier eras? From William Renshaw and the Doherty brothers to big Bill...

Novak Djokovic - the greatest of all time follows the life of the record-breaking champion, from winning his first European Championships at the age of fourteen to celebrating his historic 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open in 2023.  Explore the...